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Southern Copper to restart development of Peru mine on Monday -document

LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian copper producer Southern Copper, controlled by Grupo Mexico, plans on Monday to restart development of the long-postponed Tia Maria...

FILE PHOTO: Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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China issues rare earth regulations to further protect domestic supply

China has unveiled a list of rare earth regulations, laying out rules on the mining, smelting and trade in critical materials

The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa,  Monday July 6, 2020. Yukon government mining officials say a recent ore-slide at a central gold mine was the second time the heap leach facility has failed this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Ore slide at Yukon’s Victoria Gold mine not the first this year: government officials

Yukon government mining officials say a recent slide of ore at a gold mine in the territory was the second such failure this...

FILE PHOTO: A sign adorns the building where mining company Rio Tinto has their office in Perth, Western Australia, November 19, 2015.   REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
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Serbia’s green activists rally against Rio Tinto lithium project

Protesters demanded that the Serbian parliament adopt a law on a ban of geological research and exploitation of lithium and borates within 40...

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How to create jobs for First Nations Australians in the clean energy transition

The Conversation: Done well, the renewable energy transition should improve the lives of First Nations Australians.

Global Chief Executive of Rio Tinto Aluminium Jerome Pecresse speaks during a business luncheon at The Canadian Club in Montreal, Monday, April 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Rio Tinto and Quebec to invest $375M to build pilot carbon free smelter

The pilot operation is a critical step toward full-scale industrialization of the Elysis technology which eliminates direct greenhouse gas emissions from the smelting...

FILE PHOTO: A view of Cobre Panama mine of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines, during a media tour, in Donoso, Panama, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Tarina Rodriguez/File Photo
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Canadian miner FQM to launch formal arbitration versus Panama

First Quantum Minerals will launch formal arbitration proceedings against Panama over the country's decision to close the Cobre Panama mine.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S.,  June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Douglas/File Photo
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US to start buying up to $2.7 billion in domestic nuclear reactor fuel

The U.S. is bidding to buy domestically-supplied enriched uranium, in an effort to steer the country away from buying it from Russia.

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a press conference after the general election, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo
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Mexico to seek deal over disputed mining concession with Chinese lithium firm

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that his government will seek an agreement with Chinese lithium miner Ganfeng

FILE PHOTO: A worker of Sigma Lithium Corp SGML.V takes samples at the Grota do Cirilo mine in Itinga, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo
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Disputed Sigma Lithium land has ‘probable’ reserves, study shows

Sigma Lithium has found likely mineral reserves on two plots of disputed land, according to previously unreported regulatory documents

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